Baseball Recap: Cherokee Bluff Continues Home Dominance on Tuesday

Bears

Margin (Wins)

03/21/25 vs East Hall	16
03/11/25 @ Monroe Area	15
03/21/25 vs East Hall	14
03/03/25 @ East Forsyth	12
04/08/25 vs West Hall	10

Cherokee Bluff came out on top against West Hall on Tuesday thanks in part to the team's impressive seven-run fifth inning. The Bears put the hurt on the Spartans with a sharp 11-1 victory. Considering the Bears have won ten matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Gabe Gowder tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. He has become a key player for Cherokee Bluff: the team is 7-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 8-9 otherwise.

At the plate, Cherokee Bluff let Ethan England and Bryce Fontenot run wild. England fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3, while Fontenot fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-3. Fontenot also scored two runs, which is notable because Cherokee Bluff is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 8-10 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Kaden Thompson, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

Cherokee Bluff kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Hall only managed five hits.

Cherokee Bluff's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-10. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for West Hall, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-16.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Cherokee Bluff beat the Spartans by a score of 6-2 on Friday.